by Jamie Miles | Oct 11, 2020 | True Stories & Reflections
I went to a performing arts school, which meant everyone had to take at least one performing arts class. Think Drama, Music, Dance, Expressive Arts, and the like. Most people hated this. I was most people. The performing arts wasn’t what I disliked, but standing...
by Jamie Miles | Oct 4, 2020 | True Stories & Reflections
Setup the tools in your life to enrich, not subtract. Most tools will stay in their drawer, but modern tools are needier. Especially our phones. By default, they don’t want to live peacefully in our pockets. They want to be picked up, played with, and will whine with...
by Jamie Miles | Sep 27, 2020 | True Stories & Reflections
You’ve found my journal, and decide to flick through it. May 2016 stands out. It’s longer than the other entries, and there’s a quotation written in large letters with three underlines. You realise that the quotation was from a lady that I had met that month....
by Jamie Miles | Sep 20, 2020 | True Stories & Reflections
Reject competition. Embrace collaboration. There’s a joke at Oxford University that ‘Imposter Syndrome’ started here. It’s easy to believe. This syndrome is the belief that you don’t belong somewhere, despite having all the required skills. You feel like an imposter....
by Jamie Miles | Sep 13, 2020 | True Stories & Reflections
Working remotely has created a subtle shift in power. Before, those that shouted the loudest shaped the agenda. Now it’s those that write the clearest, and this will only become more true with time. Writing well is the art of copying an idea from your brain to...
